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Exploring UFOs and Extraterrestrial LifeThu, 08 Feb 2018 05:38:54 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.3Lee Speigel – Best UFO Stories of 2013 – January 13, 2014http://www.openminds.tv/lee-speigel-best-ufo-stories-of-2013-january-13-2014/25701
http://www.openminds.tv/lee-speigel-best-ufo-stories-of-2013-january-13-2014/25701#respondTue, 14 Jan 2014 18:12:36 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=25701Open Minds UFO Radio: Lee Speigel is a writer for the Huffington Post and works at the Weird News desk. He covers paranormal news – mostly UFOs. Jason and I talk with Lee about his and our favorite news stories of 2013. We debate the stories and discuss them in detail. In hindsight, we all agree that 2013 was an important year for the UFO phenomenon.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/lee-speigel-best-ufo-stories-of-2013-january-13-2014/25701/feed0Aliens are visiting Earth according to former Canadian minister of defencehttp://www.openminds.tv/aliens-are-visiting-earth-according-to-former-canadian-minister-of-defence-1040/21971
http://www.openminds.tv/aliens-are-visiting-earth-according-to-former-canadian-minister-of-defence-1040/21971#commentsMon, 10 Jun 2013 15:00:22 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=21971A former Canadian politician believes that extraterrestrials have been visiting our planet for years.

The Honorable Paul Hellyer, who was a member of parliament and served as Minister of National Defence, has publicly voiced his beliefs regarding extraterrestrials for years. He recently testified at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure in Washington, DC that took place in May. The goal of this mock hearing was to “accomplish what the U. S. Congress had failed to do for forty-five years – seek out the facts surrounding the most important issue of this or any other time – evidence pointing toward an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.” Five former members of U.S. congress and one former U.S. senator listened to more than thirty hours of testimony from government officials, military personnel, researchers, and witnesses.

Huffington Post Canada describes that, as part of his testimony, Hellyer stated that “aliens are living among us and that it is likely at least two of them are working with the U.S. government.” More specifically, Hellyer announced that at least four species of extraterrestrials have been visiting Earth for thousands of years. According to Huffington Post Canada, he also stated that some extraterrestrials originate from the “Zeta Reticuli, the Pleiades, Orion, Andromeda, and Altair star systems” and “may have different agendas.”

Hon. Paul Hellyer at the IUFOC. (Credit: Peter Beste/Open Minds)

Hellyer has publicly commented about UFOs and extraterrestrials since 2005. In February 2007, he told the Ottawa Citizen that “climate change is the number one problem facing the world today,” and he believes alien technology could ameliorate the situation. According to the paper, he called for “a public disclosure of alien technology obtained during alleged UFO crashes — such as the mysterious 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico — because he believes alien species can provide humanity with a viable alternative to fossil fuels.”

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/aliens-are-visiting-earth-according-to-former-canadian-minister-of-defence-1040/21971/feed13Antonio Huneeus – Behind the Scenes at the UFO Hearing – May 13, 2013http://www.openminds.tv/antonio-huneeus-behind-the-scenes-at-the-ufo-hearing-may-13-2013/21040
http://www.openminds.tv/antonio-huneeus-behind-the-scenes-at-the-ufo-hearing-may-13-2013/21040#commentsMon, 13 May 2013 21:59:51 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=21040Open Minds UFO Radio: Open Minds journalist, Antonio Huneeus, was one of the UFO experts testifying at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. Now that he is back, we will get a behind the scenes look at the Hearing. Former congressman Mike Gravel, after hearing the testimony, suggested that the United Nations be the hub for international UFO investigations. Antonio was present in the late 1970’s when this was attempted in the past. We will discuss how this idea could be rekindled, and what it would take to get the ball rolling again.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/antonio-huneeus-behind-the-scenes-at-the-ufo-hearing-may-13-2013/21040/feed5Former congress members pledge support for UN UFO conferencehttp://www.openminds.tv/former-congress-members-pledge-support-for-un-ufo-conference-1010/20951
http://www.openminds.tv/former-congress-members-pledge-support-for-un-ufo-conference-1010/20951#commentsThu, 09 May 2013 23:59:06 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=20951We recently interviewed Stephen Bassett, organizer of the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, to get his thoughts on how well he felt the event went, whether it met his expectations, and what his upcoming plans are to continue his efforts for ET disclosure.

In the interview, Bassett says he will be taking this issue to the United Nations. Today his Paradigm Research Group sent out a press release with the details of a statement calling for the United Nations to sponsor “a world conference addressing the possible evidence for an extraterrestrial presence engaging this planet.” The statement was signed by four of the six former congress members who made up the committee that heard five days of testimony from UFO witnesses and researchers last week during the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure at the National Press Club in Washington D.C.

The statement says the signers pledge support for the effort, and was signed by Congresswoman Carolyn Kilpatrick, Senator Mike Gravel, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, and Congressman Merrill Cook. According to the statement, Congresswoman Darlene Hooley and Congressman Roscoe Bartlett were, “Unable to sign due to post-employment restrictions on Congressional Members and officers.”

Bassett says they intend to approach several member countries of the United Nations to move their idea forward. The proposal states:

Whereas: given the unfolding scientific understanding of the number of potentially life supporting planets within Earth’s home galaxy, it would be the height of arrogance to assert that humans are the only sentient beings within that galaxy;

Whereas: given that credible witnesses have brought forth overwhelming scientific evidence documenting the current presence of unidentified and unexplained aerial craft that many believe to reflect an extraterrestrial intelligence;

And Whereas: given the enormous global implications if these craft are, indeed, of extraterrestrial origin, such an issue is a matter for the General Assembly of the United Nations;

Therefore, we the undersigned request the Citizen Hearing Foundation use its offices to organize interested parties and raise the funds necessary to pursue a global campaign to convince one or more nations to propose a resolution within the General Assembly calling for United Nations sponsorship of a world conference addressing the possible evidence for an extraterrestrial presence engaging this planet.

Witnesses from several countries were present at the Citizen Hearing, including those whose governments are more open to the investigation of the UFO phenomenon. Bassett hopes it is one or more of these countries that step forward to sponsor the proposal.

You can read more about the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure and the witness and researchers who participated here: www.citizenhearing.org

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/former-congress-members-pledge-support-for-un-ufo-conference-1010/20951/feed5Lee Speigel – Citizen Hearing on Disclosure and UFOs – May 6, 2013http://www.openminds.tv/lee-speigel-citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-and-ufos-may-6-2013/20724
http://www.openminds.tv/lee-speigel-citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-and-ufos-may-6-2013/20724#commentsTue, 07 May 2013 17:00:18 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=20724Open Minds UFO Radio: Lee Speigel, reporter for the Huffington Post, live blogged the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure last week. This was a mock-congressional hearing with former members of the congress listening to five days worth of testimony from UFO witnesses and researchers.

We got some insight into the testimony presented, and how the former congress members seemed to be very persuaded by the information.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/lee-speigel-citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-and-ufos-may-6-2013/20724/feed1Former congress members impressed with UFO testimonyhttp://www.openminds.tv/former-congress-members-impressed-with-ufo-testimony-1006/20710
http://www.openminds.tv/former-congress-members-impressed-with-ufo-testimony-1006/20710#commentsMon, 06 May 2013 22:34:39 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=20710While not all of the congress members who participated in the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure are convinced we are being visited by extraterrestrials, they do appear unanimous in the opinion that the testimony was impressive. Most of them are now convinced this is a topic that the government should investigate further, and one is not only seeking a resolution from the UN to investigate UFOs, he has gone on camera with ABC News proclaiming the conspiracy to cover all of this up goes straight to the White House.

The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure YouTube page has posted videos with the closing thoughts from all of the former congress members making up the committee in the mock-congressional hearing last week. Most of the responses were very positive. The most lukewarm comes from former congresswoman Darlene Hooley who said, “When I decided I would do this, I honestly knew very little about the whole topic.”

“After listening, I will tell you, the people that have testified, I think, have great credibility.” Hooley continued, “ I think we’re sort of naïve to think in this huge huge universe that there are not other people, or other planets that are highly functioning people that live on those planets, and so I have gotten a great lesson this week.”

The committee member who expressed the most skepticism going into the event was former congressman Merrill Cook. He told the Salt Lake Tribune, “I made it clear to them that I am unlikely to be persuaded.” Although he was open to the idea of UFOs, he expressed more skepticism to the idea of extraterrestrials, saying, “It is still a leap to be saying that a UFO is extraterrestrial or that it’s being manned by people from outer space.”

Cook maintained this point of view after the week of testimony. He told the Citizen Hearing crew, “We have clearly unexplained objects out there that our government recognizes. Where I am not sure we have totally met the burden of proof is whether those have extraterrestrial origins.”

Still he says the quality of witnesses impressed him more than he thought they would have, and admitted, “This is moving me to think a lot of further investigation with more resources needs to be done, including some push to the United States government to put more resources into this.”

Former congresswomen Carolyn Kilpatrick and Lynn Woolsey expressed similar feelings about the high quality of witnesses. Woolsey went so far as to say, “It is almost impossible to be a skeptic after these amazing witnesses of caliber and intelligence and experience.”

Former Congressman Roscoe Bartlett says he is convinced that there is a “cloak of secrecy” over this topic, and he wonders why. “These are honest good people that made the decisions,” he says.” I think we need to understand why they did it so that we can get this thing reversed.”

The sixth member of the committee, former senator Mike Gravel, has been the most out spoken about his feelings on the topic. He says, “There is no doubt in my mind that there is an extraterrestrial presence that is affecting the planet.”

Gravel feels it is imperative that we learn more about these visitors. He says, “Probably the most important issue facing our civilization is to understand this, to explore it, and hopefully mature to level where we can have contact with extraterrestrial interests.”

Gravel has not been shy about sharing these opinions with the media. In the ABC News video blog Top Line, he was asked how high up he felt the conspiracy went to keep the lid on extraterrestrial visitation. He told them, “It goes right to the White House, and of course, once the White House takes a position, ‘well there’s nothing going on’…it just goes down the chain of command, everyone stands toe.”

When asked why the government would keep this secret, he replied, “The military wants to keep this secret, because they don’t want to reveal to the American people that all of these trillions of dollars that we have spent on this silly defense posture that they don’t work.”

ABC brought up the fact that the committee members were paid $20,000 to participate in the hearing. They asked if this gave him an incentive to believe the testimony. Gravel said it was “quite the contrary.”

Last week Gravel had voiced his opinion that this matter should be brought up with the United Nations. Testimony was given from several countries, and the global nature of the phenomenon convinced him that this was the best course of action. He assembled a group of panelist to discuss this option.

The Citizen Hearing committee members were more enthusiastic and involved than many had thought they would be. In his closing thoughts, organizer Stephen Bassett said the committee members were not chosen because of their views going into this event, and what they want to do going forward is up to them.

Bassett says that they were not able to get this information while they were in Congress because they are told there is nothing to it, so they don’t spend the time to get to know more. He says, “This is an end run around that barrier and we will see how it goes.”

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/former-congress-members-impressed-with-ufo-testimony-1006/20710/feed7Law professor shares thoughts on UFO hearinghttp://www.openminds.tv/law-professor-shares-thoughts-on-ufo-hearing-1004/20684
http://www.openminds.tv/law-professor-shares-thoughts-on-ufo-hearing-1004/20684#respondSat, 04 May 2013 00:44:11 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=20684At the close of the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure law professor Edgar Cahn sat down to share his thoughts on the event and the testimony presented. He also gave his advice on the next steps that can be taken to further the awareness of the credibility of the UFO phenomenon.

Edgar Cahn is a professor at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law, founder and co-chairperson of TimeBanks USA, a former special counsel and speechwriter for Attorney General Robert Kennedy under President John Kennedy’s administration, and the author of a number of books including No More Throwaway People.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/law-professor-shares-thoughts-on-ufo-hearing-1004/20684/feed0Former senator suggests UN investigate UFOshttp://www.openminds.tv/former-senator-suggests-un-investigate-ufos-1002/20664
http://www.openminds.tv/former-senator-suggests-un-investigate-ufos-1002/20664#commentsFri, 03 May 2013 18:53:00 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=20664Antonio gives us another update from an exciting day of testimony at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. The day was mostly made up of international speakers and military witnesses. The evidence was so convincing that former senator Mike Gravel proposed that a resolution be drafted to get the UN involved with UFO research. He feels the UN is the best place for this sort of effort, given the UFO phenomenon is global in nature. Antonio says Gravel and former congress woman, Carolyn Kilpatrick, met with panelists to discuss the particulars after the hearings.

Another hearing like this one, or whether it’s in the Congress, probably won’t advance our goals all that much. But there’s no reason why, with the various countries represented here — with the various scholars and military officers — that we wouldn’t try to, within our own communities, to get them to endorse a very simple, straightforward resolution, calling upon the [U.N.] General Assembly.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/former-senator-suggests-un-investigate-ufos-1002/20664/feed4Rendlesham UFO witnesses have military records withheldhttp://www.openminds.tv/rendlesham-ufo-witnesses-have-military-records-withheld-996/20564
http://www.openminds.tv/rendlesham-ufo-witnesses-have-military-records-withheld-996/20564#respondThu, 02 May 2013 00:57:53 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=20564Today we interviewed (from left) John Burroughs, Jim Penniston, and Nick Pope via Skype. In this interview Penniston and Burroughs explain how they have had problems obtaining their service and medical records during the time of their UFO event. The former congress members who heard their presentation today vowed to help them get their records, even if it meant going to the President. They are currently participating in the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure in Washington D.C.

John Burroughs and Jim Penniston were U.S. Air Force security personnel in late December of 1980 when there was a mass UFO sighting outside of two Royal Air Force bases, RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge, that were being used by the U.S. Air Force. Burroughs and Penniston went out into the Rendlesham forest to investigate unidentified lights. They came across a craft that Penniston actually touched before it lifted up above the trees and took off at a very fast speed. Nick Pope is a former employee of Britain’s Ministry of Defence, where he officially investigated UFOs.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/rendlesham-ufo-witnesses-have-military-records-withheld-996/20564/feed0Citizen Hearing on Disclosure Update – April 30, 2013http://www.openminds.tv/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-update-april-30-2013/20547
http://www.openminds.tv/citizen-hearing-on-disclosure-update-april-30-2013/20547#respondWed, 01 May 2013 17:16:51 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=20547Open Minds journalist, Antonio Huneeus, is one of the presenters at the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. We got him on Skype last night so he could give us an update on the day’s activities.
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